Digby (Westmeath)
Benjamin Digby was an immediate lessor in the parishes of Ballymorin, Piercetown and Rathconrath, County Westmeath at the time of Griffith’s Valuation (publ. 1854) while Kenelm Henry Digby had land in the parish of Rahugh and .Drumraney, barony of Kilkenny West . In the mid-1870s Benjamin W Digby of Ballincurra owned 600 acres in the county while Kenelm H Digby of 15, Nassau Street, Dublin owned 387 acres with 2,345 acres in County Kildare and 843 in County Sligo. Kenelm J Digby of Tunbridge Wells owned 791 acres in County Westmeath.
Associated Families
Houses
| Name | Townland | Civil Parish | PLU | DED | Barony | County | Map Ref | |
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| Ardnagragh | Ardngragh Digby | Drumraney | Ballymahon | Ardnagragh | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N133466
OS Sheet: 23 Discovery map: 48 |
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| Ballincurra House (Rathconrath) | Ballincurra | Piercetown | Ballymahon | Piercetown | Westmeath |
OSI Ref: N255546
OS Sheet: 17 Discovery map: 41 |
Archival sources
- Papers of Digby family, Barons Geashill, of Meriden Hall, Warwickshire. Ms.3887.; Library of Birmingham
Contemporary printed sources
- ''GRIFFITH'S VALUATION OF IRELAND'[Primary Valuation of Tenements]', 1850-1858. : Ballymahon Union: p.2 (Ardnagragh), p.33 (Ballincurra)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: p.83 (Westmeath)
- HUSSEY DE BURGH, U. H. ''The Landowners of Ireland. An alphabetical list of the owners of estates of 500 acres or £500 valuation and upwards in Ireland''. Dublin: Hodges, Foster and Figgis, 1878. [available online at www.askaboutireland.ie] : p.128
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of Untenanted Lands in Rural Districts, Distinguishing Demesnes on Which There is a Mansion...'', HC 1906, c, 177: p.183 (Ballinacurra, Rural District of Ballymore, County Westmeath)
- PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. ''Return of owners of land of one acre and upwards, in the several counties .... in Ireland''. HC 1876, LXXX: 83
- HUSSEY DE BURGH, U. H. ''The Landowners of Ireland. An alphabetical list of the owners of estates of 500 acres or £500 valuation and upwards in Ireland''. Dublin: Hodges, Foster and Figgis, 1878. [available online at www.askaboutireland.ie] : 128